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Download or read book Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation written by John Dunmore Lang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation: Demonstrating Their Original Discovery and Progressive Settlement of the Continent of America MY attention happened to be strongly directed to the investigations which the subject of this volume implies, shortly after my arrival in New South Wales for the first time, upwards of fifty years ago, and I pursued them from time to time, as I had opportunity, both in the colony and more especially on my repeated voyages across the Southern Pacific Ocean, from Sydney to London, by Cape Horn. My enquiries were directed chiefly to ascertain the manner in which the islands of the South Seas had been origi nally peopled, and whether there was any affinity between the languages and the institutions and customs of their singular inhabitants and those 0 any other known division Of the family of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Origins and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation Demonstrating Their Original Discovery and Progressive Settlement of the Continent of America written by John Dunmore Lang and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...body had been wrapped up in native mats and deposited on the trestles, was held at the cemetery by a number of natives, both men and women. The body had been unwrapped from its easements, and the mere skeletona1l that remained--was exposed on the ground. Ever and anon unearthly howlings were uttered by both men and women, the latter cutting their faces with mussel shells till the blood flowed copiously down their cheeks. 4. I have already mentioned the horrible practice of the Polynesians of the olden time in Tahiti--that of Tiputa Taatct, as they called it, or parading in triumph over a fallen enemy, with his body converted into a poncho for the victor. This is one of the last points of identification that one could have expected to realise among the IndoAmericans. And yet we do find it, as is evident from the following extract from Dr. Robertson's History of America. Speaking of warfare in Mexico, Dr. Robertson remarks: -" No captive was ever ransomed or spared. All were sacrificed without mercy, and their flesh devoured with as much barbarous joy as among the fiercest savages. On some occasions it rose to even wilder excesses. Their principal warriors covered themselves with the skins of the unhappy victims, and danced about the streets, boasting of their own valour, and exulting over their enemies.1'" 5. The fifth and last of the proofs I shall offer Page 85. 'r Bobertson's History of America. Book VII., 226. can races is the remarkable fact, to which I have already adverted at considerable length, of there being a language of deference or ceremony among the more developed groups of Polynesia, as there is among the Indo-Chinese nations of Asia and the Indian Archipelago?" For, strange and...
Download or read book View of the Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation written by John Dunmore Lang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from View of the Origin and Migrations of the Polynesian Nation: Demonstrating Their Ancient Discovery and Progressive Settlement of the Continent of America The midst of a variety of uncongenial and harass ing employments, in a separate form. It would have given me much pleasure to have had it in my power to spend a few days in the library Of the British Museum, to collect facts and illustra tions bearing on the subject of investigation in the following pages, from works that are not elsewhere obtainable. But, unfortunately, the only time I have been able to devote to literary labour for several years past, has been the time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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